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I sold and delivered beer from a side-load truck for 30 years. A stack of beer weighed up to twice what I did. That was a physically brutal job, and although I hung up my hand-truck at age 50, I still pay a price for that career choice via osteoarthritis that won’t ever go away.
Next up was 20 years of preparing tax returns. Physically simple compared to my first occupation, though stressfully intense during the 3 month busy season. Working morning, noon, and night 6 days a week, with some Sundays thrown in to keep caught up.
There must have been an easier way to get paid….
Duh Dan….. I could have been a personal finance writer, doing one stinkin’ article per week! How hard could that have been?
Then I became rather involved with HumbleDollar. How do guys like Clements and Grossman come up with interesting topics week after week? I struggle to think of something that I hope will be found worthwhile once a month.
I’ve stooped so low as to submit an article about the circuitous route my vinyl record order took from the online retailer to my front door.
The serious content on HD has enabled me to make some worthwhile tweaks to my investing, and helped me to streamline/simplify and organize for the benefit of my heirs.
So I tip my hat to Jonathan, Adam, and all of the creative HD contributors that keep me coming back for more.
As I used to end tax newsletters to my clients,
Many happy returns,
Dan
Dan, I understand where you’re coming from and that’s why I don’t write articles. But usually you have interesting articles with a touch of humor. Your comments to others depict the bright side of their topic.
Despite your discouragement searching for a topic you want to share, you must keep moving onward and upward.
Dan, thanks for a great little read. I really enjoyed your article about the vinyl record’s adventure.
I always think that if someone else’s job look easy from the outside, it probably isn’t.
Dan – thanks for this, and I feel the same way. I created several articles and forum pieces, when I first found Humble Dollar. Now I feel like I cannot think of any new topics. The wide and varied writings of our HD friends are very entertaining and educational.
I’m sure your quest for the perfect bike could be turned into a good article.
My philosophy was simple: I assumed and took for granted that every single person who worked for me was at least as smart as myself, if not more so. With the proper training and education, they could run my business just as well as I could. My stance only changed if an individual provided a reason to think otherwise.